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endoscopIC appearances. The fifth chapter descnbes endoscopy of the postoperative stomach (33 cases). The sixth chapter deals with duodenoscopy and endoscopic retrograde cholanglOpan­creatography (ERCP) (77 cases) The scope of the Illustrative matenal results from the number of cases which are depicted 10 each chapter As one would expect 10 a color atlas, the accompanymg text provides little more than an explanatIOn of the figures, and comprehensive discussIOns of disease pictures are not given. The figures are high 10 quality. The prmtmg IS excellent, and the price IS appropnate. There IS unfortunately no alphabetic mdex, which dlmlmshes the value of this book as a review work. The book IS wntten pnmanly for endoscoplsts. Smce the pathologist IS always being confronted by endoscopIc findings, this atlas serves as a valuable supplement to his morphologic spectrum. This book espeCially highlights the dimensIOnal differences which eXist between the endoscopiC view and the gross view ot tissue specimens obtamed at operatIOn.

Neth, R., Gallo, R. C, Hofschnelder, P -H, and Mannweller, K (Eds.): Modern Trends m Human LeukemIa III. Newest Results m Clm/cal and BIOlogIcal Research. 9th SCientific Meeting of Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Hamatologle Wilsede, June 19-23, 1978. (Haematology and Blood TransfuslOn/Hamatologle und BluttransfuslOn, Vol 23). XXI, 599 pages with 171 figures and 128 tables. Spnnger-Verlag, Berlm - Heidelberg - New York 1979 Cloth.

The proceedings of the third mternatlOnal meeting on leukemia 10 Wilsede are concerned with vanous aspects of leukemia, including climcal aspects (17 contnbutlOns), cellular (10) and molecular (12) bIOlogy, Immunology (13), virology (11), and exchange of genetic matenal (9). In addItIon, the memonallectures on Fredenck Stohl man Jr. (W C Moloney, R. C. Gallo, D. PIn­kel) and a summary of the meeting (F. Rapp) are presented. Among the authors of the reviews and the onglnal papers there are outstandmg climclans and SCientists from USA (35 contnbutlons), F. R. Germany (15), Great Bntam (12), BelgIUm, France, Israel, and SWitzerland (2 each), and Italy, Netherlands, S. Afnca, and Spam (1 each). The sCientific advances on the represented fields of leukemia, achieved until 1978, are mmored. The texts are accompamed by many mstructlve figures and tables, some microphotographs of reasonably good quality (non-colour), as well as adequate, modern CitatIOns. The book has been published qUickly enough, and It I~ well pressed. Though not ineXpenSive, the book Will meet mterest espeCially among chmcal haematologlsts and oncologists, pathologists, and all speCialists whose research IS concerned With problems of leukemia. ThiS book can be recommended, though, regrettably, some readers, who are not directly Involved 10 particular types of research, may fmd It dJtficult to follow all highlights and exciting fmdmgs of all contnbutlng sCientists.

Barth, Volkert: The Breast (RadIOgraphy How) When? Volume V). XIV, 325 pages With 105 figures In 166 Single figures and 45 tables. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. Paperback.

ThiS paperback book gIVes a concise overview, In part In tabular form, of the methods, mdlca­nons, and value of climcal methods of mvestlgatlon tor the (early) detectIOn of breast cancer The vanous methods of radIOgraphic investigatIOn (mammography, xeroradIOgraphy, galactography) occupy a great deal of space. The pOSSibility of errors 10 the mterpretatlon of fmdmgs and questIOns of radiatIOn exposure are discussed. InspectIOn, palpatIOn, and thermography are covered, but sonographv IS covered only very bnetly and curs only, Without paying attentIOn to the outstanding developments 10 sonographlc methods ot InvestigatIOn The author's own mveW-

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gatIonal results with a large Series ot patients are reported. The pathologic-anatomic part of the

text contams a collectIOn of unclear concepts and defmItlons, e. g., dysplasia m contrast to

mastopathy, and carcmoma precursors, among which lobular and ductal carcmoma m Situ as well

as ductal papillomas are dealt With Side by Side. DJtterentlatlOn IS not made between precancerous

changes and carcmoma m SitU. There IS no presentatIOn of the WHO ciassJtlcatlOn of malignant

tumors. The vanous malignant forms of cellular, mtracanalicular fibroadenoma are not clearly developed, and the descnptlOn of malignant Iymphoas of the breast IS likeWise not up-to-date.

The layout of thiS paperback IS good. The m part schematiC diagrams represent a compromise. The book IS aimed for the most part at clmlClans The cytologist and hlstopathologl5t Will fmd

the book less appealmg, although he may use the book a5 a brief overview of preoperative fmdmgs m bemgn and malignant diseases ot the breast. The pnce IS appropnate

Farrer-Brown, Geoftrey: Farhatlas der Herzkrankhelten. (Color Atlas of Heart DIseases) 157 pages With 408 color hgures Gustav FIscher Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 1980.

The above work shows how color photography can be used to demonstrate the pathologic anatomy of an organ almost completely and very mstructIvely m a relatively small space. Didacti­cally well-prepared specimens of congemtal malformatIOns or practical pomters and hgures for

locatmg the vanous of the conductmg system are qUite convmcmg, as are the appropnate use or combmatlon of macroscopIC and microscopIC IllustratIOns. The attached fIgure legends are clearly

wntten and are bnet and preCIse m what they have to say With all these posltlve features, It seems less serIOUS that a diSCUSSIOn of the coronary ostia does not accompany the relatively exhaustive treatment of coronary arterIes, or that the coronary ostia do not receive speCial attention m a

chapter on syphilis. IllustratIOns ot changes m relatIOn to transvenous pacemaker electrodes,

which are so often encountered m autopsy materIal these days, might have been a valuable

addition to thiS book. A somewhat shorter biblIographic appendiX would have mcreased the value

of the book espeCially as a supplement to correspondmg textbooks and monographs. The figures

are superbly reproduced, and the remammg layout of the book IS no less deSirable. The pnce IS

appropnate. ThiS book can be recommended not only to morphologists and to students, but as well to everyone mterested or active m cardIOlogy, as an appealIng supplement to hiS knowledge

m thiS area.

Bibliographical Notes

Okabayashl/Kondo (Igaku Shom) DM 105,-Matzen/Flelssner (Georg Thieme Verlag) DM 248,-Pearse (Churchill LlVlngstone) £ 25.00 Schulz (Gustav FIscher Verlag) DM 98,-Johannessen (McGraw-Hill) DM 96,-Kruse (SprInger-Verlag) DM 38,-; $ 19.00 Hawkes (Sprmger-Verlag) DM 65,-; $ 36.40 RlsdonlTurner (MTP press) £ 17.50 Hegglm/Slegenthaler (Georg Thieme Verlag) DM 148,-Ashlzawa/Kldokoro (Georg Thieme Verlag) DM 248,­Neth/Gallo/Hofschnelder/Mannwetler (Spnnger Verlag) DM 124,-; $ 68.20 Barth (Georg Thieme Verlag) DM 26,80 Farrer-Brown (Gustav Fischer Verlag) DM 128,-